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EntitySpaces DynamicQuery Serialization Part II (WCF and Silverlight)

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:41:41 GMT

This stuff is hot guys and gals. We are asking Jon Davis to write an entirely new Silverlight demo that will showcase our DynamicQuery feature running under Silverlight inside the browser and hitting a WCF service on the server. We cannot wait, this is so slick . Here's another sneak peak post.

EntitySpaces - WCF DynamicQuery Serialization

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:46:43 GMT

We have decided to use the WCF DataContract approach when serializing our enhanced DynamicQuery's. In our upcoming alpha release our DynamicQuery classes now live in a separate assembly that can execute on the client side along with your EntitySpaces proxies without requiring either the EntitySpaces.Core or the EntitySpaces.Interfaces assemblies. The EntitySpaces.DynamicQuery assembly (only 52k in size) is also compatible with Silverlight and can run down inside of the browser.

Can you Query me now?

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:31:02 GMT

EntitySpaces 2009 Q2 is going to revolutionize your ability to use the EntitySpaces 2009 architecture on the client side of any two-way conversation, whether it be a Silverlight, WCF, or a webservices conversation. In fact, you will be able to work on the client side as if the full EntitySpaces architecture was at your disposal but without actually requiring the EntitySpaces architecture be present on the client. "But how can that be?" you wonder. Continue reading and we will explain.

EntitySpaces 2009 Announces Support for Sybase SQL Anywhere

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:31:30 GMT

EntitySpaces is pleased to announce support for the Sybase SQL Anywhere Database Management System. Our plan is to support iAnywhere for both high end server applications as well as on the Compact Framework for mobile applications which will further strengthen EntitySpaces' mobile abilities (we already support Microsoft SQL CE and VistaDB for mobile applications). If there is demand we will consider supporting the Sybase SQL Anywhere UltraLite version as well.

EntitySpaces 2009 Persistence Layer Official Release (Q1)

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:46:13 GMT

We are pleased to announce the official release of EntitySpaces 2009 Q1. The Trial Version has also been upgraded to the official release. Features of EntitySpaces 2009: * Complete Visual Studio integration. * Stand alone executable for those not using Visual Studio. * No third party code generation tools required (No need for MyGeneration or CodeSmith). * Project files to record and play back your code generation process with a single click. * Command line tool that can execute your EntitySpaces projects in continuous integration builds. * Debugger Visualizer and other debugging enhancements. * Totally updated Web Admin Templates.

EntitySpaces 2009 Debugger Visualizer

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:07:19 GMT

EntitySpaces 2009 will sport a slick new Visual Studio object previewer for the debugger.

EntitySpaces 2009 Q1 WCF Demo

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:30:14 GMT

I created a new WCF demo for EntitySpaces, one of the most popular third party ORM solutions available for .NET.

EntitySpaces 2009 Beta Available for Public Download - No Registration

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:31:04 GMT

We are pleased to make the EntitySpaces 2009 Beta available for public release. The EntitySpaces 2009 Trial version is fully integrated with Visual Studio 2005 or 2008. There is also a stand alone executable for those not using Visual Studio. If you are looking at starting a new project in 2009 take a look at EntitySpaces 2009. It's a great architecture and we no longer rely on a third party code generator. To get started, simply install and switch to the "Settings" tab and connect to your database and click the "Save" icon and you're off and running. We will be publishing a series of video's on how to use ES2009 soon. Watch for these on our blog.

Entity Spaces 2009 alpha released

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:13:07 GMT

Says on the site: "We have released our EntitySpaces 2009 Alpha internally to our customers and if all goes well within a week or so we will publish a trial version on our download page for everyone to try."

EntitySpaces 2009 Video Preview

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:46:02 GMT

We have created a video preview of our EntitySpaces 2009 Plugin for Visual Studio. The video is approximately 6 meg in size so give it a moment to get started. The video has sound and you might need to adjust your volume. We hope that you enjoy this video. It really gives you a feel for what it's going to be like to use EntitySpaces 2009, and it's really nice never having to leave Visual Studio.

EntitySpaces 2009 Video Preview

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:46:02 GMT

EntitySpaces 2009 - Running under Visual Studio (Part 2)

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:46:03 GMT

In this post we'll take a look at both the Template Browser and the template user interface mechanism. The Template Browser lists the templates in a tree based on each template's Namespace located in the template header (shown left). You can see from the TemplateInfo tag in the template header that there is both a Namespace and a UniqueID attribute. The UniqueID will be discussed later when we dig into the user interface. Now, however, let's take a look at the Template Browser. The Template Browser is shown below (while running under Visual Studio).

EntitySpaces 2009 - Running under Visual Studio

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:46:09 GMT

EntitySpaces 2009 will plug right into Visual Studio and it will use its own internal code generator. This means that Visual Studio users will never have to leave Visual Studio to work on or generate their EntitySpaces architecture. The image below shows how EntitySpaces 2009 looks embedded within Visual Studio. While it is likely to change a little before our first beta this should provide you with a feel for ES2009. The nice thing is that ES2009 is a dockable window just like any other window within Visual Studio, you can even generate your EntitySpaces classes directly into your solution and the folders/files will be created automatically for you.

EntitySpaces 2009 Preview - New Code Generation

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:16:10 GMT

EntitySpaces has teamed up with Justin Greenwood (shown left) of MyGeneration Software to create a brand new code generation engine for EntitySpaces 2009. Because of Justin's code generation expertise we contaced Justin and asked him to create a very simple, lightweight code generation engine whose only job is to execute templates (there is no user interface support by design). The code generation engine makes the EntitySpaces MetdataEngine available as an intrinsic object available to all templates through the "esMeta" property. We already have a working version of the code generation engine and thought we would share our progress with you.

EntitySpaces 2008 - 09/15 Released

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:30:27 GMT

We are pleased to announce that the official EntitySpaces 2008 0915 release is now available for download. This will be the final EntitySpaces 2008 release. Work is already underway on EntitySpaces 2009 and we will make a blog post filling you in on the some of details very shortly. Major Performance Enhancements are just a part of this release ....

MySQL - We beg of thee, add a true "Guid" datatype to MySQL 6.0

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:01:02 GMT

Basically, the MySQL Connector/Net (5.2.2.0) provider treats BINARY(16) columns as Guids, though there is not real Guid (uniqueidentifier in Microsoft SQL) data type. However, it's not transparent, there are special read and write methods for it. If you're a MySQL fan let the folks over at MySQL know that you want a true data type for Guids and not an imposter. We appreciate the hard work the MySQL Connector/Net team is doing. After all, MySQL doesn't have a Guid type yet so they are doing what they can. However, we would rather see them lobby the core database engine team for a true Guid column type. How about you?

EntitySpaces 2008- LINQ to DataTable?

Sun, 25 May 2008 08:31:03 GMT

I have always built architectures on top of ADO.NET DataTables, they're fast (yes), flexible, and the power it provides is really pretty good. Additionally, as new features are added to ADO.NET they can then be easily absorbed. We were able to add LINQ to SQL to EntitySpaces by simply turning a LINQ query into an ADO.NET DataTable. Once we exchange the LINQ query for an ADO.NET DataTable the EntitySpaces architecture functions as normal since its underlying data structure is a DataTable. Pretty sweet. Here's a nice little trick in case you are not aware of it.

EntitySpaces and Silverlight Demo (Part 2)

Tue, 27 May 2008 01:01:02 GMT

Part One described the process of getting Silverlight to interact with a WCF web service, and showed how to bind EntitySpaces based data objects (WCF client proxies) to Silverlight controls, specifically a DataGrid control. While there were a lot of pages of review in Part One, it was mostly point-and-click "configuration coding", as MyGeneration, EntitySpaces, and Visual Studio did most of the work for us. But showing data in a grid isn't very exciting. It's time to look at some interaction with data and give EntitySpaces a little more credit than just a data wrapper.

EntitySpaces and Silverlight Demo (Part 1)

Tue, 06 May 2008 22:46:03 GMT

I was asked to see how easy it would be to get EntitySpaces objects to work inside Silverlight, and to demonstrate my findings. This was a curiously interesting notion, since many have pondered whether Silverlight is a valuable runtime environment for LOB (line-of-business) applications. There are a number of reasons why Silverlight, at least in its Version2 flavor, would be very ideal for building client/server applications ...

EntitySpaces 2008 Beta II Available

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:16:03 GMT

The EntitySpaces 2008 Beta II is now available. The version number is 2008.0.0427.0 and is available for download now on our home page

MVC, TDD, ORM, WCF, OMG LOL

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:46:39 GMT

SubSonic, EntitySpaces, and a little humor ....

EntitySpaces - Juno Beach and LINQ to SQL

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:34:17 GMT

If you noticed that I wasn't around much on the forums this past week you weren't imagining things. I was on vacation in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. It's truly paradise on earth.

EntitySpaces 2008 "Cast" Support

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:01:03 GMT

The casting logic is now in-place for EntitySpaces 2008. Let's look at a few quick examples so you can get a feel for how this new feature works. These examples are not be real world scenarios and were chosen to merely demonstrate the syntax.

EntitySpaces 2008 Alpha for CodeSmith Released

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:46:03 GMT

We are very excited to offer this Alpha release for those who want to get a head start with EntitySpaces 2008 (ES2008). This Alpha release supports only C# class generation from within CodeSmith, and only supports Microsoft SqlServer. A subsequent beta release will support CodeSmith, MyGeneration, C#/VB.NET classes, and all of our providers. The Alpha release comes with both .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.5 runtimes. The Alpha comes with the new, very powerful, SubQuery Enhancements to our DynamicQuery API.

EntitySpaces 2008 - Dynamic SubQuery Showcase

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:31:02 GMT

EntitySpaces, LLC will be delivering substantial SubQuery horsepower in its 2008 release. The EntitySpaces DynamicQuery API (just one of the features of using EntitySpaces) has proven to be a very powerful tool for .NET developers.